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SRT
Special Response Team

 

The Special Response Team is a secondary response police unit that is subject to call in event additional manpower and ability is needed to restore order.  The unit is not a separate unit, but a unit compiled of existing personnel who receive additional training to help them cope with assignments at hand.

The team may be called upon for special operations that may include but not be limited to the following:

  • Hostage/rescue situations

  • Bomb threats

  • Special events

  • VIP protection

  • Coverage of disasters

  • Coverage of civil disorders

  • Search & rescue

  • High risk arrest warrants/search warrants

The team shall be required to receive additional training in various types of lethal and non-lethal weapons and other equipment needed to complete their objective. 


Training with a Colt

 

Detonation of a Flash Bang

The team shall only strive to perform its duty under the attitude that life is sacred.  The goal of the Special Response Team is that the situation that they have been called upon to act is resolved and peace is restored with no one injured.

 

 

 

 

City offices: Memorial Building, 101 South Lincoln, PO Box 907, Chanute, Kansas 66720
Telephone 620/431-5200           Fax 620/431-5209
city@chanute.org